A renowned Islamic scholar in Kano, Sheikh Yusuf Ali, has died at the age of 73.
The demise of the scholar was announced by his son, Muslihu, in a Facebook post on Sunday night, November 5, 2023.
Update! “….funeral is tomorrow Monday 1:30pm at Murtala mosque kano. We pray Allah to rest his gentle soul in Jannatul firdaus Dad.” the post reads.
Born in 1950 in Gaya town, Kano State, the late Islamic scholar began his legal career in 1974 as a Sharia Court Scribe and rose through the ranks to become Chief Clerk, Assistant Registrar, Registrar, Upper Sharia Court Judge and Director at the Upper Sharia Court.
He retired in 2009 and continued with Islamic teachings and offering spiritual healing.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Muslims in Oyo State on Saturday staged a peaceful protest in solidarity with Palestinians, who they described as the victims of the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine militant group, Hamas.
The protest started at the Iwo Road under bridge around 9:00 am and culminated at OTM Mosque in Iwo Road around 12:00 pm.
The protesters, who gathered at Iwo Road, noted that many innocent lives have been lost as a result of the war.
They explained that they organised the rally in solidarity with Palestinians, who they said have been adversely affected by the war.
The protesters were surrounded by security men, including men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Police, to prevent a breakdown of law and order.
Those who were at the rally organised by Conference of Islamic Organisations in the state include top Islamic scholars, clerics and leaders of various Muslim organisations.
Some of those who spoke at the rally include Grand Mufti, Conference of Islamic Organisations, Lagos, Sheikh Dhirulahi Shafi, Dr Daud Amao Alaga, Barrister Abdulrahman Olaiya and a professor of Chemical Engineering, Modiu Durowoju.
The protesters, during the rally, called for an urgent peace process to bring the war to an end.
The professor of Chemical Engineering, Modiu Durowoju, who addressed journalists on behalf of the protesters, said that the international community led by the United Nations must retrieve the peace process from the monopoly of the United States.
He also suggested that the UN should prevail upon Israel to cease its bombing campaigns of Gaza and other areas.
He said, “The international community led by the United Nations should prevail upon Israel to cease its bombing campaigns of Gaza and other areas which has brought horror not just to the Palestinians but to the world.
“The United Nations should lead efforts at creating humanitarian corridors and ensuring that aid and relief packages have access into Gaza and other places.
“Any interim peace process must as a matter of necessity, incorporate the lifting of the siege of Gaza.
“The international community led by the UN must retrieve the peace process from the monopoly of the United States which has become part of the Israeli occupation machinery. The world must work to bring Israel to the Two-States solution, compel it to halt settlement building and lift its siege of Gaza.”
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